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  1. nighthawk123

    lifting tong is it statically indeterminate

    I am trying to figure out the grip force of a tong; however I think it is overconstrained and therefore is statically indeterminate. I've attached a bitmap of the design. Any opinions? Castigliano's theorem? Deflection method?

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